The First 50 Pages; The Sun is Also a Star

This book is a little confusing. There are are no definitive pages, it just switches between the two main characters, sometimes it will give a point of view of a significant character to give either background info in one of the thoughts of the main character or to give information that will be needed later in the 'day'. It will also give history on something important in the 'day' of Daniel and Natasha. So far it is really intriguing and I am looking forward to reading this book. I am going to watch the movie after I am done reading it. Me ke aloha, Cece

How I Read

I have always been a big reader since I was young. In the 4th grade, I read at a 12th-grade reading level. I don't normally re-read books, due to the fact that my memory is really good and I tend to remember books like the back of my hand. The genres I started off liking were comedies, then I slowly started liking crime and mystery books. I still read every once in a while when I have time to read. The most recent book I read was The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas. A book that I started reading many years ago and haven't finished despite it being really good and intriguing is Soul Eyes by Wayne Wilson. I have always preferred longer books just because I read very fast. Me ke aloha, Cece

Hack to School Night

The AP Eng Lang class that I am in is an open-source class about learning communication skills and learning about taking control of our learning and our life. The easiest part of the class is the journals because the prompts are all relatable and I usually like the prompts. The hardest part though is keeping up on my posts right now because I am a little busy. So far I have learned the 5 methods of memorization; repetition, write it down, record/ method, chunking, and mirror mirror. My big question is what is beauty? Me ke aloha, Cece

Today I asked A Question

What is beauty? Also, why has society changed that meaning/definition so much?

beau·ty

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noun

1. a combination of qualities, such as shape, color, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight.

Who gets to decide what qualities are aesthetically pleasing? What are the guidelines of beauty? When beginning to decide whether you 'think' someone or something is beautiful, don't. You do not get to decide whether or not someone's qualities seem beautiful to you. Society has twisted and mangled what beauty is. I question, is that girl with the short skirt beautiful? Is that guy with the huge pecks beautiful? In our society, A woman who does not wear makeup needs to put a little on, one with too much needs to take it off. A man with no weight is not manly and needs to gain weight/muscles, a man with a lot of weight and muscles is a meathead. There is no way to win. So once again what is beauty? Me ke aloha, Cece

Why You Are Not Entitled to Your Own Opinion

 Being entitled to an opinion then creates the obligation to back off. Or so we think. In society, we believe that we are entitled to our opinion and everyone else has an obligation to accept that opinion and accept us. Having an opinion does not mean that another person is responsible for accepting and adapting to our opinion. Claiming the right to our opinion doesn't get us closer to the truth. There is absolutely no such thing as "My truth" or "Your truth". How can there be? Everyone sees their version of the truth differently. And claiming that "our opinion is our truth" gets us nowhere. Because our society depends so much on shared understanding, it is really important to know our rights.

The 1st amendment does not state that we have "freedom of speech". The first amendment does say something about freedom of speech, religion, to assemble, etc. But the exact language that the amendment gives is, "Congress shall make no law ABRIDGING freedom of speech and so on. The 1st amendment isn't absolute in the sense of, we are allowed legally to threaten anyone, you can not cause immediate danger to anyone, you can't insight people to violence, and you can't use hate speech. Me ke aloha, Cece

A Socratic Seminar

• Socrates was an educator who asked a lot of open-ended questions
• When someone argues they are not necessarily in a conflict they are just in search of the truth 
• Love is a popular theme in art because it is mysterious and one of the most human-felt emotion
• We're interested in love because we want someone in our lives just for us
• We suffer from dishonesty and mistrust
• Love is understanding
• Why is love such a human trait?  Why do we associate love with being human?
• It's one of the first feelings we feel when we're born
• It's closely associated with hurt
• Sometimes people fail at love because they're in it for the wrong reasons, like not wanting to be alone, instead of wanting a genuine connection with another person
• Loving makes us vulnerable
• Can you love someone but still hurt them?
• Do you love someone if you act against them and cheat on them?  
• Some people think that it's the sexual cheating that counts, but it's really more emotional

Me ka aloha, Cece

Welcome!

Aloha cousins! My name is Cece. I’m a young person who loves a good controversial debate! So welcome to the controversy!! Me ke aloha, Cece

Know Your Rights: A Response

I read an article by the ACLU about students protesting rights. A lot of people believe Rosa Parks to be very brave and inspirational for taking a stand... to not stand. She is in fact very inspirational, but in my opinion, I do not believe her to be brave. 9 months before Rosa Parks took her stand, a student refused to move to the back of the bus. But I bet you didn't know about 15-year-old Claudette Colvin. Sure Parks also refused to move but she was a tired adult. Many might argue that she was braver because she had more consequences, but in all of my heart, I do feel Colvin was just a tad bit braver because she was a child standing out and not knowing what could have come from it. Colvin was intentionally protesting while Parks just had a long day.

I feel it is important for all students to know their rights as students and use them to start protesting and making a change. The U.S Supreme Court states, "Students don't 'shed their constitutional rights freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gates.'" Students often become very shy and quiet once entering a classroom, because they feel that they are the child who doesn't have a voice. Change starts with the youth if our youth don't believe we have the voice or resources our future will crash and tumble. It starts with us. Knowing our rights as students will allow us to start making that change for our future. Me ke aloha, Cece

The Socratic Method: A Response

In our society, everything is constantly moving. It's all constantly shifting and changing. The way schools used to be no longer work for the generations of high schoolers that are upon us and the generations of high schoolers to be. Kids are getting restless, tests are getting ridiculous, and school is becoming a burden. Socrates' idea of teaching and learning should be the ideal way of school. Socrates asked questions that teachers are scared to ask. He asked questions to reach further into his student's brains, while teachers don't want an answer that isn't theirs and that will raise a debate. Me ke aloha, Cece